Modblog Shared Task:

 Thanks to everyone who has visited this blog, offered comments, voted on levels and discussed issues on Twitter. It is doing everything I hoped it would for my ability and confidence in marking/levelling/moderating children's writing.

Over the next few weeks I will try to collect examples of children's work where they have attempted the same task. If you want join in please send in a scan/picture/typed version of a piece of writing to modblog@hotmail.com.

Writing from children from all ages ( at school/ your own children?) can be submitted. The writing is going to be used to help teachers with online moderation and levelling activities and will remain anonymous.

Please email modblog@hotmail.com if you have any questions.

All involvement is greatly valued and appreciated. 

(don't forget to check Modblog 5 and share your comments/vote)

Narrative writing: 

The prompt for this task comes from the excellent Storyshakers.

The storyshakers dice have generated the following suggestion:

Using the ideas for setting, character, problem, solution and ending, write your own story!

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Story Shakers gives  thousands of different options for storyboards in a range of writing genres including stories, non-chronological reports, instructions and newspapers. I am going to get a password and explore their resources, I really like the ideas I have seen.

Teachers who want a password for full access to the Story Shakers resources can email  hello@storyshakers.com